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People knew that inoculation could prevent you from catching smallpox. It was how Civil War soldiers did it that caused problems
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Their findings may be a step forward in the mission to build structures on the Red Planet
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The quiet communication helps them avoid killer whales and randy male humpbacks
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The new technique promises to transform the study of the hominid family tree
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Scientists use chemistry to account for an astonishing phenomenon
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Researchers have been barking up the same tree for over 20 years
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The stream of raw images include new pictures of the strange hexagonal storm swirling around its north pole
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The spacecraft is out of contact as it begins a series of dramatic orbits between Saturn and its rings
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Did mother-of-pearl clouds stoke a painter's angst?
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Researchers say prehistoric mastodon bones bear human-made markings
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The find could lead to new techniques for breaking down our ever-growing plastic waste
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<i>Skyglow</i> allows you to revel in an increasingly rare sight: a starry night
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The l'Aigle meteorite fall involved more than 3,000 pieces of rock and numerous witnesses, and it changed everything
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The Flores hobbits' ancestor may have ventured out of Africa much earlier than previously thought
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The pilot program will focus on Kenya, Ghana and Malawi—countries at the center of the global malaria crisis
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NASA’s next giant space telescope is due to launch next year
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She has spent 534 cumulative days (and counting) in orbit
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Its name is Steve, and it’s more common than you might think
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A humble hatmaker was among the first to compile data on how Londoners lived—and died
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Just when you thought the wrinkly creatures couldn’t get any stranger
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